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Scomber colias Gmelin, 1789

Atlantic chub mackerel
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> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomber: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gmelin.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro. Temperate; 46°N - 65°S, 98°W - 42°E

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Atlantic Ocean. Warm water; eastern and western coasts, including the Mediterranean and southern Black Sea. Replaced by Scomber japonicus in the Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 21.3  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 121850)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults and juveniles feed mainly on zooplankton, with relative importance of larger organisms such as cephalopods, crustaceans and small pelagic fish increases with the size of individuals. Caught mostly in purse seine and pelagic trawl fisheries which target sardine and/or anchovy. Usually a by-catch but when availability of target species is low, this species provided an alternative income (Ref. 121850)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaboratori

Collette, B.B., 1999. Mackerels, molecules, and morphology. p. 149-164. In B. Séret and J.-Y. Sire (eds.) Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, Paris. (Ref. 33246)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 13.9 - 27.3, mean 22.5 °C (based on 492 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00478 - 0.01150), b=3.03 (2.90 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.63 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 4.5 (3.2 - 5.5) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 16 growth studies.
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Prior r = 0.60, 95% CL = 0.39 - 0.90, Based on 6 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 21.2 [8.1, 51.9] mg/100g; Iron = 0.69 [0.26, 1.60] mg/100g; Protein = 20.7 [19.5, 21.9] %; Omega3 = 0.739 [0.500, 1.145] g/100g; Selenium = 42.7 [22.3, 80.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 20.1 [6.0, 80.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.688 [0.442, 1.014] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.